John LYON & Mary HARRIS

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John LYON
Mary HARRIS

Husband: John LYON
Birth: 1735, Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh, NIRL
Death: ca. 1820, Butler Co., PA
Y-DNA Haplogroup: R1b-CTS6889, "North Irish"
Father: John LYON
Mother: Margaret ARMSTRONG

Marriage:
Immigration: 1763, from Enniskillen to PA

Wife: Mary HARRIS
Birth: ca. 1742
Father: John HARRIS

If Mary had a child as late as 1785, she cannot have been born much, if any, earlier than 1742 (most women have their last child by the age of 43).

Children:

— born in Cumberland [now Juniata] Co., PA:
1. Thomas Harris LYON, b. 11 Apr 1779
2. John LYON, b. 16 Sep 1780 or 1882; d. 9 May 1864 or 1866; m. Ann HARPER
3. Katherine / Catherine LYON, b. ca. 1781; m. Mr. LYNN
4. Nancy LYON, b. ca. 1783; m. John MAXWELL
5. Mary LYON, b. ca. 1784; unmarried
6. James LYON, b. 31 Jan 1785; d. 12 Sep 1858, Jefferson Twp., Butler Co., PA; m. Elizabeth SUTTON
7. William LYON, b. ca. 1780s; died young
8. Margaret LYON, b. ca. 1780s; d. 1842; m. John DUNBAR

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Sources (n.b., Cumberland Co. was formed in 1750 from Lancaster Co.; Mifflin Co. was formed in 1789 from Cumberland Co.; Juniata Co. was formed in 1831 from Mifflin Co.; Butler Co. was formed in 1800 from Allegheny Co.):

1. Marriage Record:

2. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310): not found.

3. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 21; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1790 PA Mifflin Co. Roll M637_8 p. 137 Ln. 16L John Lyon 2-3-4-0-1

These data indicate:

Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 free white males 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = John (b. 1735)
= William

3 free white males 15 or under 1774-1790 = Thomas (b. 1779)
= John (b. 1780/82)
= James (b. 1786)

4 free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = Mary (b. ca. 1742)
= Mary (b. 1784)
= Nancy (b. ca. 1783)
= Catherine (b. ca. 1781)
= Margaret (b. ca. 1777)

1 slave all ages in or bef. 1790 = ?

Either the enumerator erred or we're wrong about the number or age of the daughters — or one of the daughters is living elsewhere. None are known to be old enough to have married yet.

4. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #

5. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 3 — list was roughly alphabetized, indexed "Syon"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1810 PA Butler Co. Middlesex Twp. Roll 46 p. 1051 Ln. 6 J Lyon 00101-10101-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 16-25 1784-1794 = son? son-in-law?

1 male 45 or over by 1765 = John (b. 1735)

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = granddaughter?

1 female 16-25 1784-1794 = daughter? daughter-in-law?

1 female 45 or over by 1765 = Mary (b. ca. 1742)

Listed two lines from son, T. [Thomas] LYONS.

6. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1820 PA Butler Co. Middlesex Twp. Roll M33_98 p. 123 Ln. 20 John Lyon 100001-01201-0-100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1810-1820 = grandson?

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = John (b. 1735)

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = granddaughter?

2 females 16-25 1794-1804 = daughter? daughter-in-law?
= daughter? daughter-in-law?

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Mary (b. ca. 1742)

1 person engaged in agriculture

Listed next to son, Thomas LYON.

7. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 16; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1830 PA Butler Co. Middlesex Twp. Roll M19-147 p. 24 Ln. 8 Mary Lyon 000 100 - 000 011 000 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 15-19 1810-1815 = grandson?

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = granddaughter?

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = daughter? daughter-in-law?

1 female 80-89 1740-1750 = Mary (b. ca. 1742)

Listed next to son, James LYON.

. Robert Stewart. 1907. Colonel George Steuart and his wife Margaret Harris, their Ancestors and Descendants, with Appendices of Related Families: A Genealogical History. Self-published (online at GoogleBooks):

p. 101 The first event of importance which occurred in Capt. Harris' home after he reached Tuscarora, was doubtless the marriage of his youngest daughter Mary², to John Lyon², Jr., the son of John Lyon¹, Sr., a neighbor who lived near what is now Academia, [Juniata Co.,] Pa. As her eldest child was born April 11, 1779, no great length of time could have elapsed between the arrival fo the Harrises in the valley and the wedding...

p. 102 ...
John Lyon², Jr., who married Mary Harris², was the fourth son, and appears as a "single freeman" in 1772. He came into possession of one-half of the homestead, in Milford Township [then Cumberland, later Mifflin, now Juniata, Co.], by will, on the death of his father in 1780, inheriting 439 acres extending across the valley from ridge to ridge, to which he afterwards added more land by purchase. There he and his wife resided until June 1, 1797, when he sold out. Two years afterwards they removed to Butler Co., Pa., where he died in 1820, and where his wife also died in the forties after reaching almost 100 years of age. They had eight children, one of whom, John, lived to be 90 years old or over. Among their great-grandchildren is Walter Lyon, recently Lt.-Governor of Pennsylvania†.

p. - -

p. 438 APPENDIX No. XXIII
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN LYON² AND MARY HARRIS²
For interesting items about the family see pp. 101, 102, and Index. The Children of John Lyon¹ were William¹ (m. Alice Armstrong), James¹ (m. Miss Martin), Samuel (m Eleanor Blaine), John², Mary¹ (m. Benjamin Lyon), Frances (m. Wm. Graham¹), Margaret¹, Alice (m. Thos. Anderson), and Agnes (unm'd). John Lyon² and his wife were buried in the Middlesex (Pa.) Presbyterian church graveyard. Their descendants have been numerous.
I.—THOMAS HARRIS LYON¹; b. Apr. 11, 1779; d. in Butler Co., Pa., in 1829; m. Sep, 1802, Mary Kerr of Butler Co....

p. 439 ...
II.—WILLIAM LYON²; d. in youth.
III.—JOHN LYON³; b. 1782; d. 1866; m. Ann Harper (of Butler Co., Pa.; b. 1783; d. 1867)...

p. 440 ...
IV.—JAMES LYON²; b. Jan. 31, 1785; m. Elizabeth Sutton...

p. 441 ...
V.—MARGARET LYON²; m. John Dunbar...
VI.—MARY LYON²; unmarried.
VII.—KATHERINE LYON¹; m. Mr. Lynn; no children.
VIII.—NANCY LYON¹; m. John Maxwell, and had children.

. Lyon(s) Families Association of America: Database (on CD as of 22 Feb 2010; these are member submissions).

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